Nymphadora Lupin, though she still preferred to be called Tonks even after twelve years of marriage, lay back on a deck chair enjoying the last few hours of sunshine.
She waved at her eleven and seven year old sons, Teddy and Felix, and her four year old daughter, Aurora, who were being chased around the garden by Remus. The bracelet on her wrist glinted in the sunlight.
It was a fairly simple metal bracelet made up of links with its little hand carved, wooden charms. Most people wouldn't look twice at it but to her it was special.
Her mother and father gave her the bracelet when she completed her Auror Training. It was charmed that it would always fit the wearer's wrist without being loose so that it was a hazard or tight so it wouldn't leave a mark on her skin. Apparently they had got it for her six weeks before her training finished.
Each of the ten charms had been hand carved by Remus into a rounded square with a rune in the middle. He had given her one at each important moment in their relationship.
Tonks shook her wrist, making the charms clunk together. She remembered every time she got each one, some of the memories happy, sad or painful. She treasured each memory as if they were precious gemstones or a particularly tasty piece of chocolate.
Clunk, clunk, clunk; there was Uruz, Ehwaz, Eihwaz, Algiz, Nauthiz, Wunjo, Tiwaz, Dagaz, Sowilo, Fehu and Othala. Each one symbolised an important time in her relationship with Remus. Alone, they were chapters of her life; together they were a story full of romance, hardships and delight.
AN: I want to apologise in advance for the short chapters because this a side story to my Falling Trilogy so there will be some scenes in this that seem ridiculously short but it's only because the same scenes (but longer and waaaaaay more detailed) will be I either Catch Me Before I Fall, Not There to See Me Fall or Falling Forever. Enjoy! And hit the little button that has the letters 'R-E-V-I-E-W' on it!